Waterloo Hotel President Nearing Eight Floor Construction Progress
Waterloo firms supply nearly all materials for the Park avenue and Sycamore street Hotel President. Tangney-McGinn Realty reports weather supports ahead schedule with eighth floor nearly finished and boiler and plumbing installed. Local firms provide lumber cement brick dredging iron stone and fixtures. building to be ready for occupancy in December at a total cost of $625000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Sycamore Street
Tangney-McGinn Realty Company
Nanman Company
Waterloo
Chapman Lumber Company
Waterloo Lumber Company
Watkins Coal & Lumber Co
Winterbottom Supply Company
Waterloo Dredging
Carl Moline
Currie Construction Company
H. J. Stevens Company
Chicago
Furniture Choice Highly Important for Small Homes
A 1928 article from the United States Interior Service Bureau advises small homes can be stylish with thoughtful, independent planning. It contrasts palatial European styles with cottage origins and urges using built ins, mixed pieces, and appropriately scaled furniture to maintain charm without high cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emall House Service Bureau of the
United States, Inc
Harmony in Furnishings for Homes From 1927 Guide
Practical interior design advice urges home owners to tailor furnishings to family needs rather than store models or bygone periods. Create scaled floor plans, test layouts with cardboard furniture, and focus on unity to achieve harmony in living spaces. Copyright 1927 Architects' Small House Service Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Architects
Small House Service Bureau of the
United States, Inc
Home Builders’ Clinic
Real Estate Transfers From the Augish and Waverly Areas
Real estate transfers include Augish to Olinda Nicol, Jol 16 block 28 in Hager man vicinity. State Bank of Waverly transfers Lot 9 Div First Add to G Heights to Pearl E. Grisman, then Grisman to Lee Loren Campbell and others, undivided 2 3 Tot 3 in Cedar Heights First Add. Pearl E. Ortsman to Annabel A. Campbell, und 1 3 Lot 9 Div Go First Add to Cedar Heights. Virginia R. Bryant to E. O. Stark, Plot 13 Block 1 Rellrond Add.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augish
Piehermann
Olinda Nicol
Hagerman Piaet
Eevee
State Bank of
Annnabel A. Campbell
C. Heights
Virginia R. Bryant
Stark
Common Brick Walls for Houses From an Old Letter
In a 1928 Home Builders' Clinic note, brick walls are praised for durability and insulation. The piece explains good bricks ring true, color variation signals quality, and that hard burned bricks minimize heat loss. It discusses exterior brick walls' fire safety, warmth, and the need for additional insulation methods beside the wall itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rednap
Yarde
Small House Service Bureau of the
United States, Inc. Home Builders’ Clinic
Tangney House Excavation Begins in Byrnes Park District
Excavation started for a two story brick and timber English style home at Sunset and Kenilworth Road for Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Tangney. The 30 by 70 foot house will feature a slate roof, living and dining rooms, sun parlor breakfast room and kitchen on the ground floor, four bedrooms upstairs, landscaped grounds, and a flagstone rear terrace. Mortimer B. Cleveland is the architect and Frank A. Swartz is the builder under the general contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset
Kenilworth Road
E. F. Tangney
Tangney
Tangney-McGinn Hotels Company
Russell-Lamson
Byrnes Park
Prospect Hills
Mortimer B. Cleveland
Frank A. Swartz
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B. W. Hughes
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Ewing & Crozier Insurance Fire
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Lester W. Miller
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Cleve G. Miller
Better Homes
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MR. and
Mrs. Hope
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Waterloo Metal & Mfg. CO
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Walker & Myers
Stevenson
John G. Wright
Jefferson
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Tin Werk
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Oil-O-Matic
L. E. Glaza CO
Stebbins Plumbing: CO
Stebbins
Waterloo Roofing & Supply Co
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NOKOL
East Park Ave
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Cleaners and Dyers
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